(tíng zhǐ) - to stop, to cease in Mandarin
tíngzhǐTraditional: 停止
HSK 4
#653 of 5,000 Core 1000
Translation
to stop, to cease
Word origin
A compound of 停 (tíng) 'to stop' and 止 (zhǐ) 'to halt'. 停 has the 亻(person) radical with 亭 (tíng) as phonetic; 止 is a pictograph of a foot, the source sense being 'to stand still'. Together they mean to cease.
- Origin
- compound
- Root
- 停 (tíng, to stop: 亻person + 亭) + 止 (zhǐ, to halt: a foot)
Stroke order
停
止
Examples
。
Please stop talking.
雨。
The rain finally stopped.
项。
We have to stop this project.
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